Re: Ray's custom works, projects, photography, bashes and fun stuff.
OK guys got this finished...
01) I started with the Hot Toys slim truetype. I wanted to choose the body that not only fit best with the Heroic clothes but something that conveyed Reno’s lankiness. The narrow shoulder is too large or him but the clothes did not quite fit well on the slim unmodified. The pants had trouble closing so A LOT was cut off of the waist. The thighs were bulked out to make his pants look the right amount of baggy, you’d think the slim legs would have made them look baggier but that’s not the case. I bulked out the lats in an effort to make him more proportional overall
The head is Feng’s amazing Leon sculpt. Undisputedly the best Jeno Reno likeness ever.
03) Here is a link to the glasses I used, now sold out.
https://www.monkeydepot.com/Glasses_Dragon_WWII_Wire_Rimmed_p/d1203-e48.htm The clear lenses were popped out and replacd with my own cellophane lenses. Luckily a hole punch was perfect size for the lenses. I also bent back the nose piece because they came sticking straight out and it looked bad
04) The ring on the vest came from part of a safety pin
05) The bullet holder on the vest was slapped together from scraps I had. The real bullets I used are sold out from monkeydepot but they were something like these (not sure of these’s scale though)
https://www.monkeydepot.com/Ammo_Toys_City_German_WWII_Rifle_Rounds_Metal_p/tcl0103-g253.htm
06) The clasp on the heroic vest was removed and a more accurate one was hodge-podged together using random jewelry clasps and things I took a chance at from jewelry dealer
www.artbeads.net . The 3 tiny metal bolts to le left of the clasp on the left side? They’re pin heads.
07) However a good .25 of an inch of not more was shaved off flush from the neck. It pained me to shave this original Feng but his neck was way too long, even for Reno…I had to do it. Glad I did.
08) Suspenders came from resident evil fat dude..
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2910547892_5e0fb1eb65.jpg painted black and the very bottom of how they connect to the pants were altered from two clasps to one, I glued them to the Heroic pants. the little metal clasps?? You know those gold color prong connectors you use to connect loose-leaf paper together at the holes? You get them at staples. I cut them from those and folded it over the suspender and glued it in place
09) The heroic white sweater was perfect. The turtleneck was wired but all I did? Just folded it under so it sat inside the neck hole then just stuck the head on. Easiest fix in the world and this way neck seam is hidden perfectly!
10) Pants are heroics. Unaltered except for the fact that I glued on a metal clasp from a spare hot toys shirt because their Velcro just sucked.
11) Got this gun from monkeydepot. It’s a lot more accurate than the long magnum the heroic came with. It was black but I painted it silver although HT Two face comes with an even better option than this, already silver
12) The case itself was weathered up to make it look less pristine
13) I found some old shipping labels online, printed them on very thin paper, painted on a watered down solution of Elmer’s white glue to stick them to the case than used my wet fingernail and scratched away in places to get the worn off look
14) Totally 100 percent custom designed milk label. Used references from the movie and painstakingly created it almost exact right down to the signatures on the text side. I’ll send the design to people but would rather do it via PM. I spent a long tine on this and don’t want it really floating around the internet in case some company one day decides to do a Leon and rips it off to mass produce it.
15) Believe it or not this is heroic’s hat. I turned it inside out and VERY closely trimmed off all the excess bulk at the seams to ensure it fit a lot more snug to his head. I cut A LOT away. Then I just flipped up the lip one more level, glued it in place and repainted it with gray fabric paint to get it gray.
16) THIS great plant…
https://www.the-doll-house-cafe.com/tropical-caladium-plant.html
17) Vest is from heroic. I repainted every single edge of this thing with an exact match of brown and it made all the difference in the world to get rid of that crappy frayed white edge seen here…
https://lh4.ggpht.com/_1luLRXKoJM8/SzdNXz0N4EI/AAAAAAAAem4/tWDYvtFm594/s640/25leon.jpg
18) Coat is Heroics. Unaltered, its damn perfect.
19) Shoes are from newline miniatures…. Great product
https://www.goodstufftogo.net/html/catalog1.asp?ID=332
20) White socks…
https://www.monkeydepot.com/Socks_Newline_Miniatures_White_p/nl0104-xb178.htm
Hope this helps get the creative juices flowing. Good luck!!
